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Fritz Erickson
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for Academic Affairs
Fritz J. Erickson brings more than 25 years of administrative experience in higher education to Ferris, having spent the last six years as Dean of the College of Professional and Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
"Dr. Erickson brings an exceptional background of experience and accomplishment to our University," said Ferris President David Eisler. "In addition to his leadership work at the university level, he has been very successful in securing grant support for cooperative international projects, diversity efforts and in encouraging student educational success."
Erickson oversaw undergraduate programs at UW-Green Bay in Business, Teacher Education, Social Work, Nursing and Physical Education, as well as four on- and off-campus master's degree programs. His responsibilities extended to The Institute for Research, a campus resource for faculty seeking outside funding to support their scholarly and creative activities.
"I have been a dean for nine years and the opportunity to expand my interests and serve as a provost, particularly at Ferris, has great appeal. Ferris' unique combination of professional and liberal arts programming is a real fit for me along with the opportunity to work with multiple location programming. I also look forward to working in a collective bargaining environment, again because I have been on each side of the table and believe it can work for all," Erickson said.
Erickson has special interest in education reform and has worked on projects to engage public higher education in Pakistan, Jordan and other countries in the Middle East. He also is passionate about promoting safe and effective learning environments for all students, having written more than 50 texts on educational subjects and technology.
He is founding president of the National Alternative Education Association and has chaired the Joint National Conference on Alternatives to Suspension, Expulsion and Dropping Out of School. He frequently presents on the topic of cyber-bullying and the impact on children and families.
Prior to joining UW-Green Bay in 2003, Erickson was dean of the College of Education and Human Development at Eastern Washington University; chair and professor of Education and Psychology at Michigan Technological University; and senior educational consultant for the Colorado Department of Education. He taught for more than 10 years at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, and before that was an elementary, middle school and community college teacher.
Dr. Erickson completed his bachelor's degree at Western Michigan and master's and doctorate at the University of Northern Colorado with an emphasis on Educational Psychology, Technology and Research Methodology.
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